Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has asked Defence and Security Committee of Parliament to investigate the alleged fire arm training of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) youths.
The call follows revelations that President Lazarus Chakwera’s administration is training dozens of MCP youth militia at Mtakataka Police Training School in Dedza district.
The ‘Shocking’ revelations were made recently in Parliament by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator George Chaponda when president Chakwera appeared before the August house.
Chaponda asked the President Chakwera if the training of the MCP youths in fire arms was part of Youths empowerment his government is geared to promote.
But Chakwera was rescued by his Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda who said the question involves the security of the country and cannot be answered in parliament.
Speaking in Parliament on Friday, Nankhumwa said: ” I wish to agree that this is a sensitive matter because it borders on state security. However, Malawians surely deserve to know the truth and the reasons why MCP would want to train its youths in how to use firearms.
Is MCP planning to resurrect the notorious Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP)? This is no time for militias. I, therefore, wish to suggest that the Defence and Security Committee of Parliament must meet, as a matter of urgency, to immediately investigate and establish the truth of this matte,”
